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Tour De Eiffel - Online Term Paper

Tour De Eiffel

The Eiffel tower, or , is located in Paris, France.
It is very famous and a wonderful tourist attraction. The wrought-iron
skeleton is located on Champ de Mars. It also contains restaurants, a
weather station, and spaces for experiments, but they all came at a cost of
over $1 million, but the fees for these spaces in 1889 alone nearly paid
for it. During World War I, it even was used for a military observation
station. Ever since 1953, though, its been used to transmit television
programs.
The Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition of
Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution. The
Prince of Wales (later becoming King Edward VII of England), ...

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build.
It also took 300 steel workers, and 2 years (1887-1889) to
construct it.
It sways no more than 12 cm in high winds!
It's height can vary up to 15 cm depending on temperature.
It's made up of 15,000 iron pieces (excluding rivets).
It took 40 tons of paint!
The base of it is 101 meters.
There are 1652 steps to get to the top.

It was almost torn down in 1909, but was saved because of its
antenna - used for telegraphy at that time. In 1910 it became part of the
International Time Service. French radio, and French television have also
made use of its stature.
During its lifetime, the Eiffel Tower has also had a few strange
incidents, including being scaled by a mountaineer in 1954, and parachuted
off of in 1984 by two Englishmen. In 1923 a journalist rode a bicycle down
from the first level. Some people say he rode down the stairs, other
accounts suggest the exterior of one of the tower's ...

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Added: 8/9/2008 06:00:55 AM
Category: Geography
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 427
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